Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

A major study shows complex cells evolved gradually in an oxygen-poor world, challenging long-held assumptions about life’s ...

Cell-line development enhances biopharmaceutical production capacity and quality, but complex biologics like bsAbs and ADCs ...

ARLINGTON, Va.– According to a new report, complex cells like those in the human body probably resulted from the fusion of genomes from an ancient bacterium and a simpler microbe, Archaea, best known ...

During early development, tissues and organs begin to bloom through the shifting, splitting, and growing of many thousands of ...

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies ...

Every soft caress of wind, searing burn and seismic rumble is detected by our skin’s tangle of touch sensors. David Ginty has spent his career cataloging the neurons beneath everyday sensations. Like ...

Researchers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research have uncovered a surprising player in autophagy, or the "self-eating" process that removes damaged parts of cells.